Understanding Google Chrome
Google Chrome is, first and foremost, a web browser, similar to Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and Safari. That said, Chrome is actually more than a web browser; some have compared it to a web-based operating system, or at the very least an operating container for web-based applications. I’ll explain why in a few paragraphs.
First, let’s examine Chrome as a web browser. As you can see in Figure C.1, the Chrome interface resembles that of Internet Explorer and other modern web browsers, complete with tabs for different web pages. Chrome is a bit sleeker than the other browsers, however, with no menu bar, search bar, status bar, or other extraneous bits and pieces. This makes the web page bigger in the ...
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